Leon Lederman

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Nobel laureate in Physics experimental physicist human particle physicist physicist

Leon Lederman was an American experimental physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in particle physics, including the discovery of the muon neutrino and contributions to the development of the Standard Model.

Aliases (2)

Lederman ×1
Leon Max Lederman ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physics → experimental physicist → human → particle physicist → physicist →
academicDegree	PhD in physics →
authorOf	From Quarks to the Cosmos → The God Particle →
awardReceived	Enrico Fermi Award → National Medal of Science → Nobel Prize in Physics → Wolf Prize in Physics →
causeOfDeath	complications of dementia →
co-discovered	bottom quark → muon neutrino →
countryOfCitizenship	United States →
dateOfBirth	1922-07-15 →
dateOfDeath	2018-10-03 →
doctoralAdvisor	Isidor Isaac Rabi →
educatedAt	City College of New York → Columbia University →
employer	Columbia University → Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory → Illinois Institute of Technology →
ethnicGroup	Jewish Americans →
familyName	Lederman →
fieldOfWork	high-energy physics → particle physics →
givenName	Leon →
knownFor	contributions to the Standard Model of particle physics → discovery of the muon neutrino → popularization of physics → work on weak interactions →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Physical Society → National Academy of Sciences →
name	Leon Max Lederman →
notableIdea	popularization of the term "God particle" for the Higgs boson →
notableWork	experiments on neutrino beams → experiments on weak neutral currents →
placeOfBirth	New York → New York City → United States →
placeOfDeath	Idaho → Rexburg, Idaho → United States →
positionHeld	Pritzker Professor of Science at Illinois Institute of Technology → director of Fermilab →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory →	director
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory →	employer
Leon Lederman ("Lederman") →	familyName
Leon Lederman ("Leon Max Lederman") →	name
muon neutrino →	wasFirstDirectlyDetectedBy